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Changing the Order of Rules and Rule Sets

The license rule sets, as well as the rules inside a license set, need to be arranged in the order in which they should be applied. The order is crucial because each rule is applied to a user account on a system until its conditions are met and the user account is assigned a license type. As soon as the user account is assigned a license type, the set of rules is applied to the next user account on the system and so forth (subsequent rules or rule sets will not be applied).

If a user has several accounts on the systems in a landscape, the user accounts are consolidated across systems into logical users. Each logical user is assigned a Named User License, based on the information in the license-type hierarchy that you define in IT Asset Management in SAP mode in the License Types section. This license type is recommended for the user. For more information on the license-type hierarchy, see License-Type Hierarchy.

Changing the Order of Rule Sets​

To change the order of license-rule sets:

  1. Go to the License Assignment Rules page ( Licenses > SAP Optimization > License Assignment Rules ).
    • The License Assignment Rules: s ***ystem landscape name *** page is displayed.
  2. If you want to switch to a different landscape, click Change Landscape in the top-right corner of the page.
  3. On the License Assignment Rules: s ***ystem landscape name *** page, in the Tasks section, click Change rule set order .
  4. In the Change Rule Set Order dialog, select the rule set that you want to move and click the Up or Down arrow, to move it up or down in the rule order. To move multiple rule sets at once, hold the Ctrl key while selecting the rules.
  5. Click Save .

Changing the Order of Rules​

To change the order of license rules:

  1. Go to the License Assignment Rules page ( Licenses > SAP Optimization > License Assignment Rules ).
    • The License Assignment Rules: s ***ystem landscape name *** page is displayed.
  2. If you want to switch to a different landscape, click Change Landscape in the top-right corner of the page.
  3. On the License Assignment Rules: s ***ystem landscape name *** page, in the Tasks section, click Change rule set order .
  4. In the Change Rule Set Order dialog, select the rule set that you want to move and click the Up or Down arrow, to move it up or down in the rule order. To move multiple rule sets at once, hold the Ctrl key while selecting the rules.
  5. Click Save .